Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753460AbYAIGDL (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:03:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750997AbYAIGC7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:02:59 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:54465 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750737AbYAIGC7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:02:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:05:28 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Nikanth Karthikesan Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change x86 Machine check handler to use unlocked_iocl instead of ioctl Message-ID: <20080109060528.GA8202@one.firstfloor.org> References: <4785B342.2070501@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4785B342.2070501@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 570 Lines: 13 On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:25:14AM +0530, Nikanth Karthikesan wrote: > The Machine check handler registers ioctl handler that is called > with the BKL held. Changing to register unlocked_ioctl instead. > Also mce ioctl handler does not seem to need any lock protection. Thanks, but I already did that here on my own. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/